Interestin’ News: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Not Enough To Lure Viewers

Sometimes, a film set up to win utterly fails. While “Jennifer’s Body” might still recover, with the numerous advertisements, the love her/hate her pedigree of writer Diablo Cody (nominated for an Oscar for “Juno”), the sexual allure of Megan Fox (see above), the decent reviews (41% with 99 reviews), and the currently hip trend of vampires all in a snazzy rated-R wrapper wasn’t enough to even scrounge over $7 million at the box office this weekend.

Yes, I know the weekend isn’t actually over, but these are early estimates of what the box office will look like from Monday’s perspective and generally aren’t far off. Let me also be clear: I am not championing this film. I haven’t even see the film. I’m just a curious observer.

So why did JB fail? Read on for my thoughts.